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The Sindh government has initiated a campaign to regulate food prices and has resolved to take severe action against profiteers during Ramazan.
Dr Muhammad Sohail Rajput, Chief Secretary Sindh, presided over the pricing control meeting, which was attended by all of the province’s commissioners.
Rajput urged the meeting attendees to punish profiteers and take action in accordance with the new legislation.
If the shopkeeper is found guilty of profiting against government prices, the commissioner will punish him a minimum of Rs 100,000 and all things in the shop would be sold at government rates for the following 30 days, according to the new law.
The chief secretary also directed the officers of the Department of Agriculture and Labor to work under the Deputy Commissioner (DC) during Ramadan and instructed all Divisional Commissioners to submit reports on a daily basis.
On the direction of the chief secretary, the commissioners took action against 170 shopkeepers in all districts of Karachi, sealing three shops and more than Rs 181,000 fined over profiteering and not displaying the government’s official rate list.
Commissioner Karachi issued control room numbers (02199203443, 02199205645) for the citizens to lodge complaints.
